CHAPTER IX.
Horses' Hoofs.
Argument:—Superiority of the natural over the artificial—Application of this principle to government.
Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels over the champaign. Such is the real nature of horses. Palatial dwellings are of no use to them.
One day Poh Loh
A Chinese Rarey, of somewhat legendary character.
appeared, saying, "I understand the management of horses."